Terms of Use

APMIC OpenTalk Service（the service, includes but is not limited to www.ap-mic.com、opentalk.ap-mic.com、APMIC provided app）The service provided in accordance with these Terms of Service. When you register or start using the service, you signify that you have read, understood and agreed to accept all the terms of the service. If you do not agree with the content of these terms of service, or if the country or region where you belong excludes all or part of the content of these terms of service, you should stop using the service immediately. In addition, when you use a specific feature of the service, you may be subject to the service terms or related regulations announced separately by the service depending on the nature of the specific feature. These separately announced terms of service or related provisions are also incorporated as part of these terms of service. The service has the right to modify or change the content of the service terms at any time, and announce it on the service website. Please pay attention to such changes or changes at any time. If you continue to use the service after any modifications or changes, it is deemed that you have read, understood and agreed to accept such modifications or changes.
If you are under 20 years of age, you should ask your parents or guardian to read, understand and agree to all the contents of these Terms of Service and subsequent amendments before using the Service. When you use this service, it is presumed that your parents or guardians have read, understood and agreed to accept all the contents of these Terms of Service and the subsequent amendments.

Last Updated：2020-04-01

Privacy Policy

This service takes the protection of privacy very seriously. Regarding your membership registration and other specific information, it will be protected and regulated in accordance with the "Privacy Policy" of this service. You understand and agree that when you use the service, the service may collect and use your personal data, such as online activities and online surveys, in accordance with the "Privacy Policy".

Normal Condition

These Terms of Service constitute a complete agreement between you and the service in relation to your use of the service and replace any prior agreement between you and the Service. The interpretation and application of these Terms of Service, as well as disputes related to these Terms of Service, shall be handled in accordance with the laws of the Republic of China, unless otherwise provided by law, and the Taiwan Taipei District Court shall be the competent court.
The failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of previous rights or provisions. If any of these Terms of Service is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the parties still agree that the court should strive to make the parties' true intentions expressed in the previous rules and that other provisions of these Terms of Service shall remain fully valid.

Member registration obligations and member account and password security

In order to use this service, you agree and promise the following:

  • Provide you with accurate and complete information in accordance with the prompts of the registration process of this service, and maintain and update the information to ensure that it is correct, current and complete.
  • If you provide any incomplete, incorrect or false information, the service has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse you to use all or part of the service.


After completing the registration process for this service, you will receive a set of account and password. You agree and promise the following:

  • This account is not transferable.
  • You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of this account and password.
  • When your account is compromised or any other security issue occurs, you must immediately notify the service.

Member Use Rules and Obligations

In addition to abiding by the terms of this service, you agree to abide by relevant laws and regulations of the Republic of China, other service terms of this service, and agree not to engage in the following activities: If you are a user outside the Republic of China, and agree to abide by the relevant laws and regulations of your country or region . You agree and guarantee that you will never use this service to engage in illegal activities or harm others' rights.

  • Impersonate others to use the service.
  • Infringe others' reputation, privacy, copyright, intellectual property rights, and other rights.
  • Upload, post or publish any false, defamatory, insulting, threatening, offensive, contrary to public order and good customs, guilty of crime or other illegal text, pictures or files of any kind.
  • Violation of the obligation of confidentiality under the law or contract.
  • Upload, post or publish any code or information that contains computer trojans, viruses, or any software that interrupts, disrupts, or restricts the functionality of the computer's software and hardware.
  • Engaging in the sale of firearms, drugs, drugs, pirated software, other prohibited items or other illegal transactions.
  • Destroy and interfere with the information, activities or functions provided by this service, or invade, attempt to invade, destroy any system of this service in any way, or do any infringement or destruction by this service.
  • Collection of e-mail addresses and other personal data without consent.
  • Other actions that the Service may reasonably deem inappropriate.


If you are in violation of the pre-opened matter or the possibility, the service has the right to terminate or restrict your use of the account (or any part thereof) or the use of the service at any time with or without notice, Relevant "Member Content" is removed and deleted. You agree that if the use of the service is terminated or restricted, the service shall not be liable to you or any third party.

Contribution to the service

If you provide any ideas, suggestions or suggestions for the service (hereinafter referred to as "contribution") and give back to the service, you understand and agree:

  • This contribution is not specific confidential or proprietary information and does not infringe on others' reputation, privacy, copyright, intellectual property rights, and other rights.
  • This service does not bear any express or implied confidentiality responsibility for this contribution.
  • The service may already have ideas or proposals similar to this contribution that are being considered or under development.
  • This service may be used (or choose not to use) the contribution in any way and on any media for the purpose of public welfare or for the purpose of promoting and promoting the service.
  • This contribution will automatically become the property of the service without the service being liable to you. You have no right under any circumstances to claim any form of compensation or compensation for this service.


If you are in violation of the pre-opened matter or the possibility, the service has the right to terminate or restrict your use of the account (or any part thereof) or the use of the service at any time with or without notice, Relevant "Member Content" is removed and deleted. You agree that if the use of the Service is terminated or restricted, the Service shall not be liable to you or any third party.

Your authorization to the service

If you do not have the legal right to authorize others to use, modify, distribute, reproduce or publicly display a certain material, and transfer the aforementioned rights to a third party, please do not upload, enter or provide this material to this service without authorization. Any rights you upload, enter or provide to the service shall remain with you or your authorized person; however, once you upload, enter or provide to the service, you agree to authorize the service to use, modify, publish, distribute, reproduce or publicly display such materials for the purpose of public welfare or for the purpose of promoting and promoting this service, and may transfer the aforementioned rights to others within this scope. You also guarantee that the use, modification, distribution, reproduction, public display or sub-authorization of this service will not infringe the relevant rights of any third party, otherwise you shall be liable for damages for this service.

System outage or failure

The service may sometimes be interrupted or malfunctioned, which may cause inconvenience to your use, loss of data, and errors. You should take precautions when using this service. This service is not liable for any damages caused by your use (or inability to use) of this service.

Links to third-party websites and content provided by third parties

This service may provide websites that link to other agencies (hereinafter referred to as "third parties"). The websites of third parties are solely responsible by the respective agencies and units, and are not within the control and responsibility of this service. The service does not guarantee the validity, correctness, suitability and completeness of any search results or external links. You may retrieve or link to websites that are inappropriate or unnecessary. In this case, the service recommends that you do not browse or leave these websites as soon as possible. You also agree that the service shall not be liable for any damages caused by your linking to the aforementioned website that is not part of the service. This service will cooperate with third parties such as other organizations (hereinafter referred to as "content providers") at any time, which will provide different contents including decree, news, information, activities and so on for the publication of this service, and this service will be indicated when it is published Content source. Based on respect for the intellectual property rights of content providers, the service does not make substantive review or modification of the content it provides. Regarding the correctness and authenticity of such content, you should judge for yourself that this service is not responsible for the correctness and authenticity of such content. If you think that some content is inappropriate, infringing or untrue, please send feedback to the content provider.

Service changes and notifications

You agree that the Service reserves the right to modify, temporarily or permanently stop providing the Terms of Service (or any part thereof) at any time without notice. If notification is required by law or other relevant regulations, the service can include but is not limited to: posting on the service webpage, email, or other reasonable means now or in the future, including changes to these service terms. However, if you violate this Terms of Service, access the service in an unauthorized manner, or the information provided during registration is incorrect or not updated, you will not receive the aforementioned notification. When you access the service through an authorized means, you agree that any and all notices given to you by the service will be deemed to have been served.

Protection of intellectual property rights

The programs, software and website content used in this service, including but not limited to: information, data, pictures, files, website structure, web design and member content, etc., are owned by the service or other rights holders in accordance with their intellectual property rights, including not limited to patents, copyrights and know-how. No one is allowed to modify, reproduce, distribute, publish, perform restoration work, or reverse translation. If you want to quote or reprint the aforementioned materials, you must obtain the written consent of the service or other rights holders in advance according to law, except as expressly permitted by law. In case of violation, you shall be liable for damages.

Payment Method

When you pay for the service, you agree with the following provisions:

  • We use the third party service NewebPay and TapPay (Cherri Tech, Inc.) for payment service.
  • Payment by credit card: You agree to authorize us to charge your designated credit card based on the chosen content of services and payment terms.
  • We do not provide refund.
  • The Platform’s billing cycle is based on UTC+8.

Dealing with infringement of intellectual property rights or copyrights

The service respects the intellectual property rights of others, and users of the service are also required to respect the intellectual property rights of others. The service may suspend or terminate their accounts for users who may be infringing. If you believe your copyright or intellectual property rights have been infringed, please provide the following information to this service:

  • Your correct information and contact information, in case of disagreement, agree to provide their information to the person being reported.
  • Proof of owner who can legally represent copyright or intellectual property rights.
  • A description of the work or other intellectual property rights you claim to be infringed, and a description of the infringed material.
  • A statement in good faith that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, his agent, or the law.
  • You understand the responsibility of the false statement and make a statement about the correctness of the information contained in your notice above.
If you have any questions about the terms of use, please send an email to service@ap-mic.com